The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-11

( connection WIN tlls INSTITUTION. NC
school viii be opened as soon as practicable
II Is thought by Jan. !, 1855. the school VIII
begin.
Marshall McGehee ,colored, died at his
home in Hawkinsviue a day or two ago, at
an advanced age of g. ne was brother
of a B. McGehee, a successful merchant,
and was by trade a contractor and carpen-
ter, and had the reputation Of being one Of
the most reliable of his trade III town.
The deceased was a worthy and respected
citizen, and had the confidence of the bust
ness community. While he never held him
self above his race, yet he had not thai in
/ tercourse with them common to negroes of
/ his standing. and for that reason he never
married. He and his brother together are
variously estimated as beiug worth between
/ $4,000 and $4,000. They held all things
/ in common between them, their wealth con
sisting Of brick store. dwelling, planta-
was a lifetime Democrat, and a great ad-
mirer Of President Cleveland'S administra-
ton.
There was a family row in Ben Smiths,
district of Gwinnett county, last week,
which resulted in a criminal trial last Fri
day T. A. billiard and his wife, who have
been married for many years, and, it is
stated have had eleven children, do not get
along as smoothly at times as they ought to.
OlldIu ClaslulS luai JIeIc Il an uulue llll-
macy between his wife and young man
named West. He claimed that he was out
cunning for West and found his
wife in the woods. and struck
her with a gun across the head. inhicung
serious wounds. She took out a warrant
for her husband for assault and battery. and
he sued out warrants for her and West for
adultery Friends Of the parties tried 70
get the matter settled amicably before the
trial haaran lfr~ all v,fa-nA trr4av-gfl
ing. The court, after hearing the evidence,
required West to give bond for his appear
ance at court to answer the charge The
other cases were continued.
A novel case was brought to the attention
OF the Governor Wednesday by an old negro
from Clayton county. He represented that
his son. Bill Hutchinson was convicted i'm
the Clayton Superior Court of a misde-
meanor, and sentenced by Judge Richard
II. Clarke TO pay fine of $50 and costs
or in default thereof to serve a term of six
months upon the public works, or such other
place as the Ordinary of the county might
direct. William defauted and went to
jail. His father states that short
time afterward two men came to the
jail, took William out and sold him
to Capt Jim English, who has I'M
til recently had him at work on the Atlanta
and Hawkinsville railroad, but proposes
uDh W ouiAb MN Win DlteTS 70 GDdlltl hOuLl-
tain, Alabama. The old man sought the
Governor to find out whether it was lawful
to sell his son Bill, and whether Capt Eng
fish now has any right to carry him to
Alabama 1t seems that the Ordinary of
Clayton hired Bill to Capt English for the
six months. The squad with which he has
been working viii probably be moved to
the Rome and Carrollton railroad, instead
of to Alabama. The Governor was not able
to criy tho old s7,rrh
lief
Joe Rease, negro who works with w B.
Regain, a prominent farmer living seven
miles from Cedar Springs on last Thurs
day while all the rest of the family were
absent, attempted TO Rape Mrs Regain. He
called her to the field short distance to see
a horse, which he claimed was sick, and
caught her and threw her down. She drew
a knife and cut at him twice, scream
ing all the while. He turned her loose.
appeared as seeing some one, and
ran off. The community is aroused,
and several parties are in pursuit. The
scoundrel will lie lynched if caught He
was tracked to Fairchild's landing, on the
Chattahoochee river. 1t is supposed he is
making his way 10 Barber county, Alabama,
where he claims he was reared by Mrs.
White Seyenty-five dollars reward is of
fered for his capture. He is a black, low,
heavy-set negro, weighs about $50 pounds.
has a scar on the left side Of his mouth, rur-
ming in circle to the middle of his chin,
has little long mole in front of the right
ear below the temple, and shutters little in
talking when excited.
Milledgeville Union and Recorder. We
have lived a long time and seen many
strange things, but we waited till last
wednesday to see an auction of second
hand collins We do not mean TO say that
the collins had ever been used by the de
parted body of some one once flesh as we
are, but that the departed owner had left
his collins in the hands of the constable TO
be sold under distress warrant for rent
We are not going TO make light of so grave
a subject a box made to bury people in,
but the man who could look at that collec-
ton of collins so unshapen and out of style,
and watched the countenanceS of
the crowd as the bidding went on,
and kept his own severely sober, he was not
built our way, that's ALL There was no one
in the crowd willing to try one on. and if
there had been there was nobody Just of the
size they would have fitted A few specu-
lators in futures ran the bids up in a spirited
manner, until a $40 bill covered the pile
The sale attracted quite a crowd of sober
old citizens who no doubt wished TO find out
what the difference would be in the price of
collins when they didn't want one and what
would it be if they did. The man who
bought the lot seemed to be in dead earnest.